The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-20
QUAILS AID NAUSEAM.
A MAN IN CHICAGO EATS THIRTY
BIRDS IN THIRTY DAYS.

A Gastronomic Feat Said to he I'M
equaled-Scenes at the Final Feast.
How a Wager of $1,000 Was Won.
Enough.
John C.. Mann ate his thirtieth quail in
thirty consecutive days the other evening,
at ex-Aldernan Jonas restaurant, and his
hacker, George r. Clark, wins 81 600 from
Alderman Hildreth. A little over q month
ago Alderman Hildreth offered to put up
81 900 as a wager that Mann could not eat
thirty quails IN thirty days, one each day,
a quail to be eaten between the hours OF b
and O'Clock in the evening. The money
was covered, and the contest of j. G. Mann
VS.. his stomach commenced on the evening
of Dec. 2. He at once put himself under the
care of Drs. Dryden, of Chicago, and Nit
chell, Of Minneapolis, and acting according
to their vice has lived for the month on
diet of oatmeal for breakfast and light cold
meats for dinner, winding up with his quail
supper each evening. He got along very
well until he reached his twenty ninth quail
on the evening of Dec. 81. On this oc-
casion he got through with his grand supper
only after hard struggle, and 1t was ex-
pected that he would fail in the attempt to
consume his thirtieth. This belief was
strengthened by the fact that Charley Mil
Ter, a rugged eater belonging to the Jonas
restaurant, had but a few days previously
failed on his twenty ninth attempt at the
same feat. Hence there was q large crowd
OF spectators at the place the last evening
when young Mann, accompanied by DIR. e.
Mahoney, the referee in the contest, entered
and took his seat at one of the tables.
AT IT AGAIN.
Immediately as the hands of the clock
pointed to q, the thirtieth quail, which had
been excellently broiled and placed on a
pyramid of toast, was set before Mann. The
accomplishments were salt, celery, bread,
butter, Saratoga chips, etc. He brought
with him a bottle of Waukesha water, Of
which he at first took half glass, and then
commenced eating bread and butter; after
consuming half slice of bread he reached
for the quail with an air of a hungry man,
and brought it to his plate. Cutting of q
good sized mouthful he masticated it thor
oughly, and with apparent relish, along
with a liberal supply of Saratoga chips well
sailed. This performance was repeated three
times Then Mann resortsd to bread and
butter, and finished his first glass of Wauke-
sha- He next turned his attention to the
celery and ate two stems, using salt freely,
and following with three more 'bites" Of
quail Then he poured out another glass of
Waukesha, which emptied his bottle, ate
some over lied Saratoga chips, another
stem of celer 7, another mOuthful Of bread,
with ezra supply of butter, and then
commenced on the last half of the decisive
half.
At this juncture Mann was just little
nervous and looked up at the clock with
wistful solicitude. But nine minutes Of his
time had expired Mr. Mahoney, who was
by his side, handed over a cup of coffee
which had been furnished him. and this
seemed to encourage Mann's langushing ap-
petite. But opposite him sat George c.
Clark, a most interested onlooker, who had
ST. 900 on the six mouthfus of quail that
yet remained to be eaten. The crowd
gathered close about the tired eater, and for
a moment he appeared to weaken. Charley
Miller, the defeated man in a similar match,
remarked to a friend next to him that he
would not at that moment bet a Nv" either
way. HE may get through, and he may
not, " said Miller. 1T is just at that point
that failed"
But young Mann quaffed portion of his
glass of Waukesha and commenced on the
remainder of the quail with q steady nerve.
He used salt and sailed Saratoga chips, and
celery and salt, and butter freely, taking q
mouthful of the quail at intervals in such q
way that its taste could scarcely reach his
palate from the abundance Of other edibles
which he consumed.
THE LAST WING.
At 615 but one wing of the quail was
left. The eater eyed it with considerable
nervousness. All the meat upon it would
not have constituted half an ordinary
mouthful, but it was a part of the agree
ment that all the bones should be stripped
completely, and that not particle of meat
should be left ON any of them To accom-
plish this he had to dispense with knife and
fork and resort to his fingers and teeth. An
H
each of which had to be deposited thereon
and inspected by the referee. Before at
lacking the final wing Mann swallowed the
remaining portion of Waukesha, ate a stem
of celery, half q slice of bread, and then
took up the wing in his fingers, pulled it
apart, and cleaned the meat carefully from
the tiny bones with his handsome teeth, but
the task was a difficult one. As he was
struggling with the final act n man wearing
silk hat entered the restaurant, pressed
his way up to the table, and commenced q
sort of speech with the evident intention Of
sickening the eater. He referred to the idea
that Mann should now be able to go into
the diSSectinS business as he must by that
time be thoroughly acquainted with joints
and bones, muscles, etc. DIR. Mahoney got
rather hot, AMI ordered the newcomer to
''shut up" but it was hard to control the
intruder, for he about three sheets in
He gulped once or twice, but by the use of
salt and celery quieted his stomach. As he
tossed the last fiber upon the bone plate, DIR.
Mahoney said:
"Done; Mr.. Clark wins the money" and
rising. took the successful quail eater by
the hand and shook it heartily. Turning to
the reporters he said: This is the first time
that this feat has ever been successfully
performed Men have eaten thirty Quails
even i'll shorter space of time, but that is
not SO difficult The task of eating one
quail day for thirty consecutive days, at
a stated hour each day, is no easy job This
young man has done it, and is the first who
ever reached the end of the last quail with
victory, though many have attempted it"
Young Mann is n tine looking fellow Of
about twenty medium sized, rather
fieshy, with n handsome face and pleasant
manner. He has for some time been en-
gagged in the restaurant business in Louis